The Republican journal., 1887-11-17
The Nineteenth Maine.
SOMETHING OF IT'S IIISTORY-EXTRACTS FROM



| ARMY LETTERS.
| A correspondent writes: II have few eX-
| tracts giving little history OF the 10Th Me.
! Vols. from their leaving Maine until their ar
| rival home. Should YOU fit to publish the
| same will give frw lines each week." We
give herewith he first iEst:l.inent of these let
crS:
The 10Th Maine Noluntcers was formed In
August, 1862. at Bath, in RESPONSE to the Pres
idents first call for ''thrcc hundred thousand
more Its ten companies were raised chiefly
in Waldo, somerset kennchcc and Sagadafoc
| counties. Among its earliest captains were
Cot. VIM. II. Fosler, of Belfast, Col. j. w.
Spauding. of Richmond, Gen. l. W. Starbird,
Of Portland. Col }. W. Welch. of Augusta.
Hon. Nehemiah Smart, of Swanyillc. and W.
l.. Whitmore, of Bowdoinham. Its first Colo
nel was +. ID. Sewall, of Bath, under whom it
went to the front and received its first baptism
OF fire at Fredericksburg. 1t was signed to
the first Brigade, ID Division, 2d Corps. Some
Of its commanding generals We're Sumner,
Couch. Howard, Hancock and Wcbb--names
famous Ill the history of the war. The 10Th
left BATH Wednesday morning, August 9th,
1862. and arrived iii Washington the Friday
| evening following. On our arrival orders
We're received to go into camp On Arlington
Heights and after nj gifts Sojourn in the city
we set ont for the grounds rather elated with
the idea of getting upon ''sacrcl Soil' so soon.
But after marching through the city over the
famous Long Bridge and into the Old Domn-
ion little way, Il new order came for the regi-
| nicnt 10 90 into garrison along the river south
OF Washington i'll anticipation of rebel raid
up the Potomac and through Maryland. Thus
we passed through the city the second time,
| arriving at Fort Baker. three mile. from the
Capitol, about dark. Here the regiment camp
cd for the night. In the morning the COM
panlcS OF the regiment We're ASST sned to half
as many different forts in the nei2hborhood.
Company + and Company \ We're assigned to
Fort Grebie, the most southern fort IN the
nci-hborhood The fort, like its neighbors is
constructed of earth thrown up in a neat and
substantial manner and surrounded Icy an al
most iinprc-nallc ahattis. 1t mounts thil,ccn
- potindcrs and two heavy Scigc guns. num-
ber Of which point III an in>iuuatins manner
toward the rebel city of Alexandria, Just
across lie river. There are about a dozen
fortiiicaton> of this kind extending up the
eastern branch II the Potomac for a distance
of ten miles. The face oG the country is very
broken, and almost every El las one Of these
fort. They are al! well constructed and the
heavy guns locking out over the parapets
present striking contrast to the peaceful
iorcs-ciad hills far away in Old New England.
'fhG trees have ail been cut down and the
Woo: i> wasting away by decay.
Eorl Carroll, near Wa>hington Se}lt 20 1862
~ an carry hollf Oh iuesiiay morning, sept.
gym, 'ha regiment eFacuaica ite iorts near
washington eH f3sie 1of l. Eele!ick. Md, with
ofuGIs % report 10 @ei.. Mtolc!I;n whose
htN'iuaflrfs were ilon III that city. We ar
!Nol III tiie C!"Sc pl the next day liaVihS ac-
i coMilis sicd Inc Journey hy, rail. Here we
tNAfr.l 1"r Two day ana m the :aeantIme
! y ~ as .7l!d to lilt -nI NoFNS NNi>ion, I'M
nci ''@n. HdsliI,f ana iioWdsN;. On Ny. Hin
tLt 7H''ti't 'oo> t'ic ,i"A loi iitfpcFs FeIrl,
't!" io "'out i:il''iiG!t Iiui@FE ava tlre.' Hit
E"'nti tla'c,' WIN thc thoughts oi sceilA- IN
oi'i ~ WIN tHt Sttira hc:hehS ioI Il cover
IL. ny rallfoti hfl'9e III ths pl;ice had been
'lcStiolcu ana we crossed INC river Oh the roii-
| 'ooii brldSc' Whch we lpuhd ourselves IN the
| "enoia'e Nl;Et%c oi iiafi'f> cry ahd the
| re!i:S OF oiu Joh'i hfoWi!, ana Wherea sentinel
| i'dcia- Li' neAt IN 'ile olA hlooiii'%ht looked
very ii'u'n Ike l'le oii martyr Etost hiiFcll-
| NJ on: we calill'tu lllt remainder ol tEc
night 'thout It ine iE9iil ih@ village ahd III the
| '"uihih- Were NJ ailti OH a-Hi!l An hour
.'i'lE'il Hfou2h; u - Bolivar Iiei9ht,, anti we
| '%iht.H ior lNo ,itH@ Where COL Mics COM
| Pivt'd ms SURRENDER ~" Gays since liele
| we att'ltA HvWh 10 ic>l aEn Ni'i luf the OIL
| ward hioNth;Ght 70 tHht place. III was here
tiitl We 2u. me Lame OF tHe Tying pan regl-
! heh'' WlA"A l"i!9Wea Us unli the close OF The
| war. i Wa Sa,i some soip'rf WHO ha'i never
seen 4 Nlti: look some |" sAill1 lTc place III
"Aitii 10 'coh ms meat ahn cone" ana Very
soon shy Nl.l was ilNlhS pan, supper ANA ai!
| cannon NouVH Ior tli> ana tlillk to Nfailit-
| 'h- ot 90. \ 'ouin give i different cauSt o.
| Wl1t hl@ht nave been sad a!iiir
come forty O. HslI men are now on the SICK
| list. several have died since leaving Maine